A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map.

The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The executive order will direct the secretary of the interior to change the name to "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and throughout the federal government, according to the New York Post, which first reported the news. Trump has nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to the Department of Interior.

(WJHG/WECP) - The U.S. Department ... the name of the Gulf of Mexico) “Recognizing the Gulf’s enduring contributions to the economic strength and vitality of the United States, President ...

President Donald Trump has been promising a flurry of executive action on Day 1, and even as he was being sworn in, there were executive orders already prepared for his signature.

The Department of the Interior says they're moving quickly to implement President Donald Trump's executive order to rename Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico.

The Department ... of the United States, as well as Antarctica, and is the name component of The National Map. On Friday afternoon, the map still said Denali and the Gulf of Mexico.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – objected over many years to requests to rename the mountain, and the board did not act on those requests.

As directed by the President, the US Department of Interior (DOI) has announced that Gulf of Mexico (GoM) will officially be

President Donald J. Trump recently issued an executive order directing the restoration of historical names for two iconic U.S. landmarks, a move aimed at preserving what he